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APPENDIXES
APPENDIXES
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Identification of Critical Environmental Issues Reconvene: Working Group Reports (10 minutes each) Open Discussion Working Group A: Synthesis and Discussion (C.A.
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Products and Information Dissemination Reconvene: Working Group Reports Open Discussion Presentation and Discussion of Research Initiative (includes synthesis of Working Groups F and G) Federal Agency Perspectives Closing Remarks (Co-Chairs and National Research Council Ocean Studies Board/Board on Biology)
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University of California Davis Les Walling, University of Maine Scientific Participants Mark Abbott, Oregon State University Robert Andersen, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Karl Banse, University of Washington Mark Bertness, Brown University Martin Buzas, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Robert Carney, Louisiana State University/Coastal Ecology Institute * Unable to attend workshop 99
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Peterson, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Thomas Powell, University of California" Davis James Quinn, University of California- Davis Leslie Rosenfeld, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Carl Safina, National Audubon Society Thomas Schmidt, Michigan State University Theodore Smayda, University of Rhode Island Diane Stoecker, University of Maryland Horn Point Laboratories David Thistle, Florida State University Elizabeth Venrick, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Susan Williams, San Diego State University Anne Michelle Wood, University of Oregon Federal Agency Representatives APPENDIX B Randall Alberte, Office of Naval Research Peter Barile, National Science Foundation Roger Griffis, NOAA, Office of the Chief Scientist Aleta Hohn, NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service Steve Jameson,* NOAA, Office of Resources, Conservation, and Assessment Michael Sissenwine, NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service Phillip Taylor, National Science Foundation Donna Turgeon, NOAA, Office of Resources, Conservation, and Assessment Donna Wieting, NOAA, Office of the Chief Scientist *
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APPENDIX B Scienzif c Press Marguerite Holloway, Scientific American NRC Eric Fischer, Board on Biology Morgan Gopnik, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources Mary Hope Katsouros, Ocean Studies Board LaVoncye Mallory, Ocean Studies Board Mary Pechacek, Ocean Studies Board David Wilmot, Ocean Studies Board 101
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APPENDIX C Acronyms AID AMLC ASC BB CalCOFI CARICOMP CENR EPA GESAMP GIS GLOBEC ICSU IUBS IUMS JGOFS MARS MASZP MGI NAML NAS NBS NIH NMFS Agency for International Development Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean Association of Systematics Collections Board on Biology California Cooperative Ocean Fisheries Investigations Caribbean Coastal Marine Productivity Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Environmental Protection Agency Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution Geographical Information Systems Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics International Council of Scientific Unions International Union of Biological Sciences International Union of Microbiological Sciences Joint Global Ocean Flux Study Marine Research Stations Network Moored, Automated, Serial Zooplankton Pump Microbial Genome Initiative National Association of Marine Laboratories National Academy of Sciences National Biological Service National Institutes of Health National Marine Fisheries Service 102
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APPENDIX C NOAA NRC NSF NSTC OMP OSB PAHs PCBs PCR RSVP SAML SCOPE UCAR UNESCO VPR WCMC 103 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Research Council National Science Foundation National Science and Technology Council Ocean Margins Program Ocean Studies Board polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons polychlorinated biphenols polymerase chain reaction Rapid Sampling Vertical Profiler Southern Association of Marine Laboratories Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment University Corporation for Atmospheric Research United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization Video Plankton Recorder World Conservation Monitoring Center
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Some dinoflagellates, known as zooxanthellae, are symbiotic in the tissues of corals and other tropical organisms epipelagic referring to the top 200 meters of the ocean eutrophication nutrient enrichment, typically in the form of nitrates and phosphates, often from human sources such as agriculture, sewage, and urban runoff gyre a circular system of water movement hydrothermal vent an opening in the deep-sea floor out of which rises water that has been heated by contact with molten rock; this water is often rich in 104
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oligotrophic low in nutrients and in primary production pelagic living in the water column (in contrast to benthic) photosynthesis chemical reactions in plants and plant-like organisms whereby the sun's energy is absorbed by the green pigment chlorophyll, permitting carbon dioxide and water to be synthesized into carbohydrates accompanied by the release of water and oxygen picoplankton planktonic organisms ranging in size from 0.2 to 2.0 micrometers (there are 1,000 micrometers in one millimeter, and 25.4 millimeters in one inch)
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UV-B is the middle range wave-length of the three UV bands, and is largely absorbed in the Earth's atmospheric ozone layer; prolonged exposure to UV-B can be biologically damaging. zooxanthellae symbiotic dinoflagellates in corals and other organisms
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